Komdigi said Prabowo's video in the cinema is reasonable, rejected this responsibility

Jakarta – The Ministry of Communications and Digital said that broadcasting video recordings regarding the performance of President Prabowo Subianto’s administration in theaters part of public communication. The government uses different communication media, including the theater, to convey official information to the public. “Public communication in the digital era is no longer limited to one channel,” the Director General of Public Communications and Media of the Ministry of Communications and Digital, Fifi Aleyda Yahya, reported Monday (9/15/2025). Browse to continue with the government’s content, according to him, has the responsibility to ensure information to the public. The matter why, by his theaters, this is not an offense. “The government has the responsibility to ensure that important information can be transferred widely, effectively to the public, and in accordance with the development of the times, as long as it does not violate the legal theater rules that are legal and reasonable to be chosen,” he said. Fifi said the theater was only one of the many channels the government used to communicate information on the implementation of programs and policies to the public. Fifi said the government has chosen the cinema to convey information to the public because it could bring a better visual and sound experience, which is expected to make it easier for people to receive information fully. “The context is how the state has correct and measurable information. It is therefore part of the government’s public communication to the community,” he said. This is known, the video show with President Prabowo explained the government’s achievements before the performance of the film in theaters became the discussion of citizens on social media platform. The video show contains information on national rice production which reached 21.76 million tonnes until August 2025 and the launch of 80,000 Red and White Village cooperatives and 100 people’s schools. In addition, the progress of implementing the free nutrition program (MBG), which has been launched since January 6, 2025, has reached 20 million beneficiaries. (Eva/Fig)